The Johannesburg High Court has granted an urgent interdict preventing the relocation of foreigners displaced by xenophobic attacks who are being accommodated at the city's Cleveland and Jeppe police stations, Lawyers for Human Rights said on Monday.

Itumeleng Khune and not Teko Modise should have been named the Premier Soccer League's (PSL) best footballer this season if coaches had voted along the lines they suggested to the Mail & Guardian this week. The credibility of the selection is being compared to that of the Zimbabwean election.

Ronnie Kasrils, Minister of Intelligence, said on Tuesday that "we are not just seeing spontaneous xenophobic attacks". "There are many social issues at the root of the problem, but we have reason to believe that there are many other organisations involved in sparking the attacks. We are currently analysing the situation."

Leadership elections at the ANC's provincial congress in the North West province underscore the fact that President Thabo Mbeki is not a spent force in the party. The Mbeki camp won the top five positions, beating candidates aligned with ANC president Jacob Zuma by an average margin of 200 votes for each post.